The Starless World is a Star Trek: The Original Series novel, among the thirteen that were published in the 1970s by Bantam Books. Written by Gordon Eklund, its first printing was in November 1978. Captain Kirk encounters Klingons and nocturnal creatures known as Strangers and the sun god himself in a journey of incredible suspense… Inside the hollow shell of a strange, remote planet Kirk and the Enterprise crew discover a planet within a planet… energized by a white dwarf star… a planet…